B. The man had to live as a medicant because he could not get a job.
- Brendan
C. MENDICANT - –adjective
1.
begging; practicing begging; living on alms.
2.
pertaining to or characteristic of a beggar.
–noun
3.
a person who lives by begging; beggar.
4.
a member of any of several orders of friars that originally forbade ownership of property, subsisting mostly on alms.
(dictionary.com)
(Nichole)
G. The movie, "The Grapes of Wrath", is non-mendicant because it had to do with people during the Depression. The movie followed a family who had become poor because of the Depression, and instead of begging for others to help them, they helped themselves by traveling to the West, to look for jobs.
-Jennifer Y
F. When I went to New York this past summer I saw many medicant people. These people sat on street corner in rags and asked people that walked by if they could have some money. These people are medicant because they rely begging for the help of others in order to live.
- Amber Z.
The word is Mendicant [men-di-kuh
-Nick T.
B. The man had to live as a medicant because he could not get a job.
- Brendan
C. MENDICANT -
–adjective
(Nichole)
G. The movie, "The Grapes of Wrath", is non-mendicant because it had to do with people during the Depression. The movie followed a family who had become poor because of the Depression, and instead of begging for others to help them, they helped themselves by traveling to the West, to look for jobs.
-Jennifer Y
D.
google.com
-ashleyc
E. Synonyms:
One who begs habitually or for a living: almsman, almswoman, beggar, cadger. Informal panhandler. Slang bummer, moocher. See request.
http://www.answers.com/topic/mendicant
Antonyms:
A rich man; landowner; or wealthy person
AnnaB
F. When I went to New York this past summer I saw many medicant people. These people sat on street corner in rags and asked people that walked by if they could have some money. These people are medicant because they rely begging for the help of others in order to live.
- Amber Z.